Home Made Incubator

I made this earlier in the year from a poli fish box (free from the local fish mongers, they have to pay for them to be disposed of, so its worth asking ), the thermostat is from eBay ( £9.99) build it yourself, just needs a soldering iron and patients, the heat source is a 12 volt ride on mower bulb and holder, i have got 2 hooked up in case one blows, i have also added a small computer fan to circulate the air better, the power source is an old transformer from a train set( eBay £2.00) it all cosy around £18, and a couple of hours putting it together, i have gone one stage further and made an outside box, the only reason is it looks nicer for the OH when its sat in the living room next to the PC, I spent quite a bit of time getting it all set up with the right temp and humidity, its worth the time playing first before waisting eggs if you get it wrong, the box i have has several holes already in it, so i don't need to add any for gas exchange, come spring i an going to use it for the first time..

Chickenopolus update

I am putting up a couple of short video clips on " you tube " .. What do you think??

Growing

My Chicken project is slowly growing, all my birds are at Mill House now, and all have good size pens to run about in, I put my layers in their new home yesterday morning, they now have the large house and a run of about 12 feet square for now, as they have been living on a bed of straw for ages they are loving being able to scratch about, and as i left them last night i had my last look round and one had layed,,,, Yippeeee !!
photos to follow

Older Photo's

Dont forget to have a look at some of my older photo's and stuff,go to the bottom of this page and click on " older posts "... Enjoy

Pig Pictures

As promised here are some photo's of the Pigs

Free !!!

With all but my layers at the workshop, i have given the layers free roam of all the veg patch, now they have loads of room to wander about, even the green house too.. I have just opened their house an d let them out to this new freedom, talk about bewilderment LOL, its taken them 10 minutes to work out whats going on, they are now spread all over their new home.

Mahogony Planter

I have just made this from Mahogany reclaimed from a sound proofing factory, I'm not sure what they had used it for, but it turns out quite nicely, i hadn't got any oil to finish it with so i used a drop of veg cooking oil mixed with some meths, it works LOL,

Hazel has died

sorry to have to report that Hazel has passed away, in the end she was clean of mites and seemed unable to process the food she was eating.

Hazel update

She is doing realy well and following me around the workshop, she had realy bad mites, in the last 2 weeks i have dusted her 3 times and have been cleaning out her box every 3 days, boy you wouldn't recognise her
photo's to follow

NEWS new pigs at Mill House

photo's to follow

Chickenopolis ??

Ok so Hugh F-Whitingstall said it first, I have moved in another house, this one is for my layers, its got a temp pen, i am going to make it much bigger for them in the next few days, have a look at the pictures, oh yes, there are some of the new house i will be using for the rare breeds, nice and cosy..

PHEW !!!! broke out in a sweat

Its been one heck of a week, thanks you all that have ordered houses and runs, i have lost another 5 pounds in weight.... LOL.... ok yes i did need to loose some :p

i have a cockerel thats now turn out to be hen, she is not very well, when i first noticed, on inspection she had mites, so she has been well dusted and pampered, Deb's the Mill house manager has named her " Hazel " cus of her eyes, lol I am a bloke so i don't notice these things...
I have had her loose in the workshop, she seems to like pecking around, treated her to a sticky fruit bun yesterday afternoon, and at night she has her own small house to sleep in, i really want her to live, as i have hatched her myself......